One of the most important parts of any conservation or farming operation is establishing goals to work toward. It is easy to do the same thing year after year because of limited time or finances. What ...

Tilling has both benefits and drawbacks when it comes to your soil. So should you till or not when preparing and maintaining your garden? That decision depends on several factors, and no one answer ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Soil erosion comes at a cost. Andy Herringshaw, an Iowa State University economics graduate student who is working with the Iowa Learning Farm, discussed that cost at a recent field ...

Thank you for all the positive comments we receive about these articles. I enjoy helping out, so I am glad to answer any questions to submit to my editors. Q. My gardening friends tell me not to till ...

Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth's soil supply, a new study confirms. In fact, long-established ...

The Department of Agriculture’s campaign to stop farmers from digging up the soil is running into an obstacle: the chemicals the agency promotes to kill weeds. The Department of Agriculture’s campaign ...

GOWANDA -- The plows have been lowered at the 28th annual plowing festival in the Town of Collins, where two or three horses pulling a farmer may not be the economic ideal, but is still an honored ...